Picked this Goodwin Granger Champion from the classifieds... It was love at first sight.. This rod is sexy... Went out and gave it a cast today and popped my bamboo cherry... What a feeling... The age and history of the rod along with the action of this rod makes it quite the delight to cast... Takes you back to a time when things were simpler and moved by slower

Hi! I just saw that rod on the Classic Fly Rod forum. Looks sweet, congratulations! Makes me get all excited again about getting my broken tip Edwards restored. Cool. Doesn't compare to yours of course but my first fly rod was a mass produced Horrocks-Ibbotson that I paid $4 at a garage sale (buyer and seller probably both got a good deal 25 years ago when I was in high school) I just got it out last weekend to cast it in the backyard a bit. Thats good fun!

Well I've only bought one rod this year, and its kinda making me upset. So to cure that Im working a deal with the local shop on his demo 7wt TCX. Its one way to get an excellent price on a very high end rod. I will use it as my carp stick for now I suppose.

In an effort to keep the Rod Love thread healthy I'm adding a couple photos. The rod is my 1968 Orvis Full Flex 6'6" fiberglass. Although the rod is rated as a 6 weight it will cast really well with a 4 - 5 or #6 line. I use a #5 line and a 1983 CFO IV on it. Together this makes a really nice outfit and for small stream wet fly fishing it is an effortless casting rod.

I fished all day with my Nine Three variants as the flies and used a 24" Beartooth Montana Braided lead head to keep my fly deep. The rod is small and light at 2 3/4 oz. but will handle trout up to 2 foot if you can keep them on the hook.

Recently I've had a run of large fish coming off the hook on me. This is the creek I've been fishing with this outfit.